Guwahati, July 11 (NKTV): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has planned orbiting of Geo Imaging Satellite GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 rocket on August 12, which shall be the second launch of ISRO in 2021.
On February 28 this year, ISRO had successfully launched the PSLV-C51 mission with Brazil’s earth observation satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 co-passengers, including some built by students, on board.
The 2,268-kg GISAT-1 was originally slated to be launched from Sriharikota on March 05 last year but was postponed a day before the blast-off due to technical reasons. It was scheduled for March 28 this year but again, a minor issue with the satellite forced its postponement.
“We have tentatively planned the GSLV-F10 launch on August 12, at 05.43 am, subject to weather conditions” an ISRO official informed.
According to ISRO, GISAT-1 will facilitate near real-time observation of the Indian sub-continent, under cloud-free conditions, at frequent intervals. The earth observation satellite will provide the country near real-time images of its borders and also enable quick monitoring of natural disasters.
Another objective is to obtain spectral signatures of agriculture, forestry, mineralogy, disaster warning, cloud properties, snow and glacier and oceanography.
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